#Chapter 101: Tricks & Treats

Ava Chris’s mouth hung open in surprise, his eyebrows hiking up in response to my request. For a few moments, a tense silence hung between us, filled only with the sound of my own heart pounding in my ears. “A separate room?” he finally blurted out incredulously, placing his hands on his narrow hips. “Ava, what’s this about? You don’t want to share a space with me?” My mouth opened and closed stupidly for a few moments as I struggled to find the right words to answer him. How could I even begin to explain myself? How could I tell him that in just a few short days, weeks at the most, I might be ending things with him? How could I handle telling him the truth when he already looked heartbroken over something as mundane as a hotel room? “I just…” I finally began haltingly, licking my lips before continuing in a hoarse voice. “I think it might be better if we keep up appearances, you know? Separate rooms on the books, just in case any of the Elders get wind o